How would your church change if people trusted you with their complex sexual issues?

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Jerusalem Meets Vegas

Abuse. Affairs. Addictions. We know it is happening–even in the church. Statistics say that we have congregation members who are facing sexual issues. We see the outcomes of those struggles in the divorce, pornography and pregnancy rates. How do we create an environment where those confronting sexual issues can find counsel, comfort, and redemption in a grace-filled environment?

Jerusalem Meets Vegas is a one-day conference experience intended to break the ice on these private and deeply challenging issues within our congregations. Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity to confront the complexities of a variety of difficult topics and to work toward Christ’s redemption in the sexuality of our Christian communities and our world.

Date and Location

Stanton Jones

Stanton L. Jones, PhD, is Provost of Wheaton College. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago and the University of Cambridge, and previously served a three-year term as a member of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association, the central governing body of the APA.

His scholarly work focusing on conceptual approaches to the relationship of psychology and religious faith has included Modern Psychotherapies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal (2nd Ed.; with Richard Butman; InterVarsity, 2011) and Psychology: A Student Guide (Crossway, 2014, forthcoming). His work on Christian perspectives on human sexuality includes two books published by InterVarsity Press, Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation (2007, with Mark Yarhouse) and Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate (2000, with Mark Yarhouse). Dr. Jones also wrote the five-volume set of resources for sex education in Christian families – the God's Design for Sex book series – published by NavPress (co-authored with his wife Brenna), combined total sales of which is nearing 1 million copies. He has published numerous articles and chapters on these and related subjects.

Mark Yarhouse

Mark Yarhouse, PhD, is the Hughes Endowed Chair and Professor of Psychology at Regent University in Virginia Beach, where he also serves as director of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity.

Dr. Yarhouse has spent several years promoting dialogue between people who view the topic of sexual identity differently. In 2000 he chaired a groundbreaking symposium the American Psychological Association’s annual convention that brought together gay psychologists and conventionally religious psychologists to discuss common ground in treatment options for persons sorting out sexual and religious identity conflicts. He chaired similar symposia at the APA on the many meanings of marriage, services for adolescents experiencing sexual identity confusion, and a framework for providing sexual identity therapy.

Dr. Yarhouse currently serves as Chair of the APA’s Division 36 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) Task Force on LGBT Issues. He was named Senior Fellow with the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities to conduct a study of sexual identity concerns among sexual minority students at Christian colleges and universities, and he wrote the featured white paper on sexual identity for the Christ on Campus Initiative edited by Don A. Carson for The Gospel Coalition. Dr. Yarhouse has been a consultant to the National Institute of Corrections under the Department of Justice to address issues facing sexual minorities in corrections.

Discounted Fee

What is it?

This interactive, one-day conference will explore how the Church can begin to address sexual issues that are occurring within its walls with an emphasis on authenticity, grace, and the redemption possible in every painful situation.

Who should come?

Pastors, ministry leaders, volunteers, and anyone passionate about living out the Gospel in word and deed.

This is an adult conference. Please no children under the age of 16. Thank you.

Travel

The conference will occur on the campus of Dallas Theological Seminary at 3909 Swiss Ave, Dallas, TX 75204. We will be meeting in Lamb Auditorium for the keynote sessions. Workshops and lunch will take place throughout the Campbell building.

Lodging

Dallas Theological Seminary does not have any special agreements or price discounts at area hotels.

Tracks Available

In addition to the keynote sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to choose a track for the day in order to engage particular complex issues of interest on a deeper level.

There will be two presentations for each track (one before lunch and one directly after). These presentations will not be the same, but will build on one another. Information on the leaders of each track can be found below their description.

Track 1

Human Sexual Trafficking
Domestic Sexual Abuse

Rose Ann Hopwood, MA/BC, MA(BS)

Rose Ann is an LPC Intern specializing in treating trauma caused by domestic abuse. As a therapist at Genesis Women’s Shelter in Dallas, she counseled women and children affected by domestic violence. She is a trained practitioner of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprogramming (EMDR), an evidence-based psychotherapy for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Her areas of research include the theology of singleness and the beliefs of various faith traditions as factors in women’s response to intimate partner violence.

Prior to her time at Genesis, Rose Ann served as a lay counselor in divorce recovery ministries at several churches. She has worked in the nonprofit industry for 25 years. Rose Ann holds DTS master’s degrees in biblical studies and biblical counseling. She is married to Lee Hopwood (DTS ThM), and they have one daughter.

Kim Jones
Director of Engagement at My Refuge House

As a gifted public speaker with an in-depth understanding of trafficking, Kim conducts speaking engagements, events and acts as a My Refuge House correspondent to partners and churches.

Kim’s role in the fight to end modern-day slavery and to combat the sexual exploitation of women and children has included work with My Refuge House as well as volunteering with Love146 and championing the anti-trafficking efforts of Irving Bible Church. Prior to that, Kim spent a number of years as an educator, but her energy in recent years has focused on raising her children and using her gifts and passions to develop women through mentoring younger mothers, speaking at seminars and retreats, and teaching in her church’s women’s ministry.

Kim’s husband Barry serves on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary and is a teaching pastor at Irving Bible Church. Together they have three wonderful children.

Track 2

Pornography
Marital Unfaithfulness
Swing Relationships

*Registration for this track is now closed.

Mikah Knox

Mikah Knox is curently a student at Dallas Theological Seminary pursuing a master's in the Biblical Counseling program. She and her husband David have been married for over 16 years, and together they have three sons and a daughter. Mikah assists her husband in running their swimming pool construction business. The Knox family are members at Chisholm Trail Church in Rhome, and the family is also involved in Full Armor Biker Church, a fellowship and motorcycle ministry located in Alvord and Ponder, Texas.

Debby Wade, LPC, LMFT, CST

Debby founded Authentic Christian Therapeutic Solutions in Grapevine in 1999. At ACTSolutions, she works with adults, adolescents, couples and families, and offers play therapy for children. She offers a sexual integrity group for women who struggle with sexual integrity issues, and addiction to pornography.
She co-facilitates (with Billy Grammer) a sexual integrity group for men who struggle with sexual addiction and pornography addiction. She also offers a therapy group for women who have been betrayed due to affairs and sexual addiction. Most recently she has developed Back to the BASEX: Beyond the Birds and the Bees, a program for educating, equipping, and empowering parents on how to talk to children and teens about sex and sexuality from a biblically based approach.

Debby has been married to Ryan for 21 years. They attend and serve at 121 Community Church in Grapevine.

Track 3

Same Sex Attraction and Orientation
Gender Identity

Mark Yarhouse, PhD
Hughes Endowed Chair and Professor of Psychology at Regent University
Director of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity

Mark Yarhouse has spent several years promoting dialogue between people who view the topic of sexual identity differently. In 2000 he chaired a groundbreaking symposium the American Psychological Association’s annual convention that brought together gay psychologists and conventionally religious psychologists to discuss common ground in treatment options for persons sorting out sexual and religious identity conflicts. He chaired similar symposia at the APA on the many meanings of marriage, services for adolescents experiencing sexual identity confusion, and a framework for providing sexual identity therapy.

Dr. Yarhouse currently serves as Chair of the APA’s Division 36 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) Task Force on LGBT Issues. He was named Senior Fellow with the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities to conduct a study of sexual identity concerns among sexual minority students at Christian colleges and universities, and he wrote the featured white paper on sexual identity for the Christ on Campus Initiative edited by Don A. Carson for The Gospel Coalition. Dr. Yarhouse has been a consultant to the National Institute of Corrections under the Department of Justice to address issues facing sexual minorities in corrections.

Stanton Jones, PhD
Provost of Wheaton College

Stanton Jones is Provost of Wheaton College. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago and the University of Cambridge, and previously served a three-year term as a member of the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological Association, the central governing body of the APA.

His scholarly work focusing on conceptual approaches to the relationship of psychology and religious faith has included Modern Psychotherapies: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal (2nd Ed.; with Richard Butman; InterVarsity, 2011) and Psychology: A Student Guide (Crossway, 2014, forthcoming). His work on Christian perspectives on human sexuality includes two books published by InterVarsity Press, Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation (2007, with Mark Yarhouse) and Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate (2000, with Mark Yarhouse). Dr. Jones also wrote the five-volume set of resources for sex education in Christian families – the God's Design for Sex book series – published by NavPress (co-authored with his wife Brenna), combined total sales of which is nearing 1 million copies. He has published numerous articles and chapters on these and related subjects.

Track 4

The Hook-up Generation
Co-Habitation

Gary Barnes is an ordained minister, a licensed psychologist, and a licensed specialist in school psychology who specializes in marriage and family research, counseling, and training. After graduating from Dallas Seminary he served as an assistant pastor for seven years and then earned a PhD in psychology at Columbia University. While in the New York area he was a research project coordinator at NYU Medical Center’s Family Studies Clinic and later completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship through Parkland Hospital (Dallas) and the Child Guidance Clinics of Dallas and Texoma.

Wendy Miller, MA/BC, LPC at Sparrow House Counseling

Wendy has called the Park Cities home for over 15 years. Before moving to Dallas, she completed her undergraduate work at Oklahoma State University in the field of Family Relations and Child Development, and then spent a year serving at Shelterwood, a residential center for teens of families in crisis.

Wendy first moved to Dallas to work for Highland Park K-Life. As the Women’s Director she spent seven years mentoring and discipling adolescent girls and working with families in the community. In 2001, Wendy decided to pursue a Master's in Biblical Counseling at Dallas Theological Seminary in order to use her gifts and skills in a professional setting.

During her time in graduate school, Wendy served as a counseling intern on the Trauma Floor at Timberlawn Mental Health System. Wendy has been in private practice since 2004 and has cultivated experience with individual, couple, and group counseling. She worked closely with those struggling to overcome childhood trauma, sexual abuse, eating disorders, anxiety, codependency, mood disorders, depression, and family of origin issues.

Now in practice at Sparrow House Counseling, Wendy enjoys working with individuals and families as they seek to take the next step in their personal recovery and healing. Due to her extensive experience with teenagers and their families, coupled with her long-term proximity to the Park Cities, she feels especially called to the dilemmas and struggles germane to local families. It is Wendy’s hope that she will use her experience and insight, marry it to her formal education, and serve this community well.

Track 5

Sexual Abuse in the Church

Darrell Bock has earned international recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), for his work in Luke-Acts, historical Jesus study, biblical theology, as well as with messianic Jewish ministries. He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) for 2000–2001, serves as editor-at-large for Christianity Today and is on the board of Chosen People Ministries and Wheaton College. He is a well-known author of over thirty books on biblical topics. Some of his articles have appeared in leading journals and periodicals, including many secular publications. He has done a variety of media shows, including work with ABC, CNN, Day of Discovery, and John Ankerberg shows. He has blogged on culture and Scripture for over seven years and has been a part of the weekly Texas Faith blog at the Dallas Morning News since its inception. He has been a New York Times best-selling author in nonfiction, and is elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas. He is married to Sally (for thirty-eight years) and is a father of two daughters and a son, and has three grandchildren.

Keith Hileman, ThM, DMin
Senior Pastor at Trinity Fellowship Church

Keith grew up among the rolling mountains of central Pennsylvania in the small town of Hollidaysburg. He graduated from Penn State University with a BS degree in electrical engineering. Keith and his wife Beth moved to Dallas in 1995 to study at Dallas Theological Seminary where he graduated with his ThM in May of 2000, and began his DMin studies in pastoral leadership in 2009. After serving as the youth pastor for 4 years, Keith assumed the role of associate pastor in June 2000. He was named Pastor of TFC in April 2012.

Professor Woody is a graduate of the DTS Counseling program with several years of ministry and business experience. She served in Bible Study Fellowship for nearly fifteen years in a number of roles including Teaching Leader. Her passion is to equip and empower at-risk students and their families through counseling interventions and creative educational strategies. She enjoys international travel, the Dallas Cowboys, listening to music, health club workouts, teaching in youth ministry at church, and spending time with her son and two daughters Jason, Lindsey, and Kelsey.

Exhibitors

By serving as an exhibitor at Jerusalem Meets Vegas, you too have the opportunity to partner with us in providing these leaders with quality products, resources, and opportunities.

For questions about exhibiting at the conference, contact Katie Stripling at 214-887-5254 or kstripling@dts.edu.

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